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-config ARCH_HAS_DEVFREQ
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- bool
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- depends on ARCH_HAS_OPP
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- help
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- Denotes that the architecture supports DEVFREQ. If the architecture
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- supports multiple OPP entries per device and the frequency of the
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- devices with OPPs may be altered dynamically, the architecture
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- supports DEVFREQ.
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-
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menuconfig PM_DEVFREQ
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bool "Generic Dynamic Voltage and Frequency Scaling (DVFS) support"
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- depends on PM_OPP && ARCH_HAS_DEVFREQ
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help
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- With OPP support, a device may have a list of frequencies and
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- voltages available. DEVFREQ, a generic DVFS framework can be
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- registered for a device with OPP support in order to let the
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- governor provided to DEVFREQ choose an operating frequency
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- based on the OPP's list and the policy given with DEVFREQ.
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+ A device may have a list of frequencies and voltages available.
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+ devfreq, a generic DVFS framework can be registered for a device
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+ in order to let the governor provided to devfreq choose an
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+ operating frequency based on the device driver's policy.
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- Each device may have its own governor and policy. DEVFREQ can
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+ Each device may have its own governor and policy. Devfreq can
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reevaluate the device state periodically and/or based on the
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- OPP list changes (each frequency/voltage pair in OPP may be
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- disabled or enabled).
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+ notification to "nb", a notifier block, of devfreq.
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- Like some CPUs with CPUFREQ, a device may have multiple clocks.
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+ Like some CPUs with CPUfreq, a device may have multiple clocks.
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However, because the clock frequencies of a single device are
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- determined by the single device's state, an instance of DEVFREQ
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+ determined by the single device's state, an instance of devfreq
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is attached to a single device and returns a "representative"
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- clock frequency from the OPP of the device, which is also attached
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- to a device by 1-to-1. The device registering DEVFREQ takes the
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- responsiblity to "interpret" the frequency listed in OPP and
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+ clock frequency of the device, which is also attached
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+ to a device by 1-to-1. The device registering devfreq takes the
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+ responsiblity to "interpret" the representative frequency and
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to set its every clock accordingly with the "target" callback
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- given to DEVFREQ.
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+ given to devfreq.
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+
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+ When OPP is used with the devfreq device, it is recommended to
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+ register devfreq's nb to the OPP's notifier head. If OPP is
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+ used with the devfreq device, you may use OPP helper
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+ functions defined in devfreq.h.
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if PM_DEVFREQ
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